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RIFFE  \nUniversity of Cincinnati, U.S.A.  \nBRYSON K. DANIELS  \nGeorgetown University, U.S.A.  \nKATE COLLIER  \nUniversity of Georgia, U.S.A.  \nABSTRACT  \nGenerally, discussions of shared governance in higher education do not include university committees. This study addresses this gap, through the lens of open systems, reconceptualized loosely coupled systems, and micro foundations. Using social network analysis, this study explores the documented governance networks of formal university committees within and across institutions and the utility of those networks for institutional leaders. Findings suggest that this is a useful way to examine the meso-level of university governance processes, including recommendations for research and practice.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nDecision-making is a complex and messy process across institutions of higher education. With many stakeholders involved, this process can become congested with multiple agendas and trying to find consensus around institutional priorities. Large, research universities, especially, face decision-making at multiple levels due to their complexity, size, and multiple missions.  \nWhile there is often a sense of urgency to make efficient decisions for the benefit of all institutional stakeholders, universities are not exactly known for the speed at which they adapt and change. In part, this caution is embedded in their shared governance structures for a reason. The structure of shared governance allows university leadership to rely on groups of internal stakeholders’ expertise and include a range of perspectives in decision-making. However, without a clear understanding or strong plan surrounding shared governance structures and who is involved in them, institutional decision-making becomes a more difficult challenge. Revisiting the collaborative aspirations of university governance is overdue in an era where agility in decision-making may be critical to institutions’ continued success.  \nMuch of the scholarly literature surrounding university governance focuses on macro-level processes (e.g., McClendon & Hearn, 2009; Rall et al., 2020), university trustees and presidents (e.g., Commodore, 2018; McClure, 2018), or the relationship between institutions and their external environments (e.g., Barringer & Slaughter, 2016) . These top-down, 10,000-foot perspectives are needed and extremely useful as we consider institutional planning, how decisions are made by those with positional power, and the overall organizational behaviors of institutions.  \nIn addition to these broad, overarching perspectives, attention needs to be focused on the micro-and meso-level governance processes of universities, where the individuals responsible for the day-to-day functioning of universities contribute to overall organizational change. Bastedo (2012) pointed out that “[s]tudies of organizational practice below the top leaders were sparse – a concern that has been echoed again and again over the decades”(p. 6) . Consequently, this study addresses that paucity in the literature and we focus on those below the top leaders and their involvement in institutional planning and governance. We contribute to current scholarship by focusing on the roles  \nEducational Planning | Fall 2025 113 Vol. 32, No. 4  \nof university committees and committee members in shared governance. We argue that university committees serve as conduits for broader institutional decision-making and organizational change.  \nAs Olson (2009) stated, an updated understanding of shared governance, the “delicate balance between faculty and staff participation in planning and decision-making processes,” is needed (p. 1) . Through committee work, many university constituents (i.e. staff, administrators, faculty members, and students) work together to make diffuse, necessary, and local decisions, which, in the aggregate, contribute to the forward momentum of the","cbCaib7rLTghCy4D","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib7rLTghCy4D","pdf",308456,18,"English","# Introduction\n# Literature Review\n# Research Questions\n# Findings","[{\"question\":\"What gap does the study address in shared governance research?\",\"answer\":\"The study targets the gap that discussions of shared governance in higher education often exclude university committees. 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